- Infrapopliteal atherosclerotic vascular disease of severe grade with either severe claudication or Rutherford-Becker grade II-III-IV, of at least one lower limb. It is defined critical ischemia of the lower limb as persistent/recurrent pain requiring analgesia and / or non-healing present ulcers > 4 weeks, with no evidence of improvement with conventional therapies and / or walking test (stress test) between 1-6 minutes in two exercise tests separated by at least 2 weeks and / or ankle-brachial index at rest <0.8.